Hermenegildo

Boy · Germanic (Visigothic)

Hermenegildo

Say it: er-meh-neh-HEEL-doh

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Meaning

Visigothic Germanic, from ermen 'whole, great' and gild 'tribute, worth'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

91 babies given this name since 1922
At its height in 1927, about 1 in 187,800 boys
Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Spanish Portuguese Gothic

The family of the name

Portuguese	Hermenegildo
Catalan	Hermenegild

Famous bearers

Saint Hermenegild, Visigothic prince executed in 585

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Where this comes from

Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
Calendars of saints and name days
Royal and noble genealogies
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.